The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 571 Not Every Apology Is Enough

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The moment the name “Abraham” was mentioned, the crowd that had gathered nearby collectively gasped.

Many of them had only come to check out the commotion, but the second they realized someone from the Dawson family was involved, they knew better than to speak casually.

Now that they’d heard what the two women had actually said, they couldn’t believe how reckless they were.

Sure enough, Marie’s gaze turned even darker after hearing Stella’s words.

The woman trembled under Marie’s glare. “Ms. Marie, we… we really know we were wrong. We really do. We’re so sorry. So, so sorry.”

She kept repeating it over and over.

But Marie didn’t look at her–she looked at Stella instead. “Stella.”

Stella’s face was cold and unreadable. She clearly wasn’t buying their apology.

And how could she?

If it had been some other slander, maybe she would’ve let it slide. But when it came to the Dawson family, she had zero tolerance.

When Abraham and Abel arrived, they heard Stella say, “Not every mistake can be erased with a simple sorry.”

Her voice was chilly, dangerous. She went on, “We’re all adults here. Some mistakes come with consequences.”

To Stella, the Dawson family and the Luke family were sacred ground.

Anyone who dared cross that line–she wasn’t going to let it slide.

“Tie a rope long enough and it can still be knotted. But a tongue? Guess it’s too slippery to tie, huh? If you had the guts to run your mouth, then why not have the guts to stand by it?”

A mocking voice rose from the crowd.

The two women turned toward it, shooting daggers with their eyes.

Stella and Marie followed their gaze-

And the moment Stella saw who it was, she froze.

It was Rebecca.

staring down the two

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one line-“not sincere“-made their faces turn

family, who would dare to

and offered her a

lips curved faintly in

You weren’t

were!” one of them

person, don’t drag our families into

had tried to

replied coldly, “I’m not the one you should be

Not her?

time, the two women felt something bitter rising in

considering Stella was just an adopted daughter–at least, that’s what they’d thought. They figured

would’ve guessed she’d end up with Abraham–the very man

would make her the most powerful

the one they’d

Now-

them hesitate and immediately understood what

hard. The sudden

and apologized. “Ms. Stella, we’re

coldly. “I don’t think I’m

ago, they had mocked her for being nothing more than an

she might’ve let it go. But they had dragged her mother–and

into it.

gave the woman

gaze. “N–No… of course

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